Budget Review of Sweden -- Comments and Questions - Hannu Mäkinen, Finland
1. Budget review of Sweden –
comments and questions
OECD Senior Budget Officials
9-10 June, Stockholm, Sweden
Hannu Mäkinen, Director General, Budget Department
Ministry of Finance, Finland
2. Questions / topics
‒ Pressure to exceed the ceiling
‒ How have the pressure situations been dealt
with?
‒ Has the ceiling in fact been exceeded?
‒ Is it possible to use the margin to finance
reforms?
‒ How is the level of the ceiling for the new year
set?
‒ Why is all kinds of expenditure dealt with in the
ceilings in the same way?
‒ The ceiling has to accommodate fluctuations in cyclical
expenditure and changes in inflation. If these increase, is it
without problems then to cut other expenditure?
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3. Questions / topics
‒ Joint preparation; how does that happen – what is
the secret?
‒ The experience of the independent Council-body
from the Budget Office´s point of view
‒ The performance budgeting is under review; what
is the Ministry of Finance striving for in this area?
‒ Are there plans to create new access to budget
preparation for citizens?
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4. Hannu Mäkinen
Director General, Budget Department
Ministry of Finance
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